# Why bitcoin will fail - Host: [apenwarr.ca](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/apenwarr.ca/) - Saved: June 3, 2011 (2011-06-03T20:12:44Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fd437abe352c/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fd437abe352c.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) See, a bitcoin rant is almost too over-the-top for me. Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red. I mean, wait, you think it *is* red? You actually took that seriously? Oh boy. Where do I even start? ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [The world in which IPv6 was a good design - apenwarr](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bcd9ce8697b1/) (apenwarr.ca, June 13, 2019) - [What do executives do, anyway? - apenwarr](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d92047a4d875/) (apenwarr.ca, October 3, 2019) - [What do executives do, anyway?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1d3611103c4f/) (apenwarr.ca, May 28, 2020) - [100 years of whatever this will be - apenwarr](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e155f0b23c4c/) (apenwarr.ca, December 5, 2021) - [Billionaire math - apenwarr](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b27221df3e13/) (apenwarr.ca, July 16, 2025) ## Saved the same week - [schema.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bc4664dfe79b/) (schema.org, June 3, 2011) - [Adam Cohen's answer to Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin a good idea?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8e5072261f23/) (quora.com, June 3, 2011) - [Groupon IPO: Pass on this deal](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4345d9c18168/) (shortlogic.com, June 3, 2011) - [Sarah Palin Explains Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9ea04e228d9c/) (gawker.com, June 3, 2011) - [An Open Letter to the Gentleman Blow-Drying His Balls in the Gym Locker Room](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/25d1526ab401/) (mcsweeneys.net, June 3, 2011) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201105#08